Archives for February, 2011

This weeks video newsletter:

Withdrawal deadline

Please note that the last date to withdraw without financial penalty from Session 1 2011 courses has now passed.
The last date to withdraw without academic penalty is Sunday 27 March 2011 (Course tuition fee is forfeited or FEE-HELP debt incurred. No academic penalty is incurred).

Class Attendance

We would like to take this opportunity to remind students that they should attend their allocated class. If a situation arises where you attend a class other than your allocated class, please ensure that you sign the Attendance Roll as a visitor.

Assignments must be handed in to your allocated Class Instructor for marking. Please make alternative arrangements with your Instructor if you are unable to attend the class when assessments are due.

Telephone Evaluations

Please be advised that during Week 4 the Student Experience Team will continue to conduct random 5 – 10 minute telephone evaluations. Your assistance in providing feedback about your courses is greatly appreciated. Thank you to those who have provided feedback already.

IT & Organisational Performance – Workshop 1

ITOP workshop 1 schedule is now up on our website under ‘Workshop schedules’.

We encourage students to visit our website on a regular basis in order to obtain the most up-to-date information.

Managing People and Organisations – Workshop 1

MPO workshop 1 schedule will be available on our website this week, under ‘Workshop schedules’.

We encourage students to visit our website on a regular basis in order to obtain the most up-to-date information.

Marketing Management Intensive Weekend 1

The MKTM Intensive Weekend 1 is scheduled this weekend at the AGSM Building, University of NSW, Kensington campus, Sydney.

Parking is available by ‘Pay & Display’ ticket machines between 7:30am-7:30pm Monday to Friday, on the top 2 levels of Botany Street car park. Parking is free after 7:30pm weekdays, and on weekends. Street parking may also be available.

Course fees include lunches and snacks while attending the workshops. Students are responsible for any other meals and associated travel or accommodation costs. Please click here for a list of local hotels.

Timetable for Intensive Weekend:

Friday 4 March: 6pm – 9pm

Saturday 5 March: 9am – 5pm

Sunday 6 March: 9am – 4pm

Students are required to complete work and readings prior to attending the residential.

AGSM MBA Programs at the Australian School of Business is a signatory school of the UN Principles of Responsible Management Education initiative. Signatory schools commit to embedding ethical and socially responsible teaching into curricula, promoting these values to students, and engaging in research and partnerships to explore effective approaches to meeting the challenges of global social responsibility and sustainability.

In relation to this, we would like to draw your attention to a competition being run by the Global Business School Network (GBSN). GBSN is offering current MBA students and recent graduates the opportunity to showcase the work that they are doing to make the world a better place. The competition encourages current and former students to submit a video highlighting their student projects, start-up enterprises, and new careers which are making a difference to the developing world, and how their MBA experience helped them to accomplish this.

At AGSM MBA Programs we are aware that many of our current students and alumni are using their MBA experience to effect positive change across the globe, and we encourage all those who fit the criteria to apply for the MBA Challenge video contest.

This weeks video newsletter

Presented by Evin Donohoe, Student Advisor, Student Experience Team

Withdrawal deadline

The last day to withdraw from your current course(s) in Session 1, is this Sunday 27 February 2011. No more new enrolments will be accepted for this session. Please send us a request via email by COB Friday 25th of February if you need to withdraw.

Telephone Evaluations

Please be advised that during Week 3 the Student Experience Team is going to be conducting random 10 minute telephone evaluations. Your assistance in providing feedback about your courses is greatly appreciated.

Law for Practicing Managers Workshop 1

A reminder the LPM Workshop 1 is this Saturday 26 February. The workshop schedule is available on our website. We encourage you to visit this website on a regular basis in order to obtain the most up-to-date information.

Corporate Finance Intensive Weekend 1

The CF Intensive Weekend 1 is scheduled this weekend at the AGSM Building, University of NSW, Kensington campus, Sydney.

Parking is available by ‘Pay & Display’ ticket machines between 7:30am-7:30pm Monday to Friday, on the top 2 levels of Botany Street car park. Parking is free after 7:30pm weekdays, and on weekends. Street parking may also be available. Course fees include lunches and snacks while attending the workshops. Students are responsible for any other meals and associated travel or accommodation costs. Please click here for a list of local hotels.

Timetable for Intensive Weekend:

Friday 25 February: 6pm – 9pm

Saturday 26 February: 9am – 5pm

Sunday 27 February: 9am – 4pm

Students are required to complete work and readings prior to attending the residential.

Tuition Fee payment and FEE-HELP

Tuition fees were due by 13 February 2011 and your statement is available from your student profile on myUNSW (click here for instructions). Students wishing to apply for FEE-HELP should contact the Student Financials team on csandfees@unsw.edu.au. You will need to submit your FEE-HELP application prior to the census date for Session MG1: 27th of February 2011.

AGSM branded clothing order – 25th Feb deadline

The AGSM MBA Fulltime Class of 2011 has organised some AGSM branded clothing. You are invited to order these if you wish. Please use this link to order by putting down the number of garments you would like against type and size. Below are examples of each item to give you an idea of what they will look like. All items will have the AGSM MBA logo with the star, except for the Hoodie which will have a bigger AGSM MBA logo. The cut off date for all orders is Friday 25th February.

This weeks video newsletter

Presented by Sebastien Robin, Team Leader, Student Experience

Welcome

We trust that you enjoyed your first week of class and wish you all the best for the session ahead. If you require any advice throughout the session, please contact the Student Experience team on studentexperience@agsm.edu.au or (02) 9931 9400.

Class enrolment

We would like to take this opportunity to remind students that they must attend their allocated class.
On occasion, students are permitted to attend an alternate class, where they cannot make their allocated class time. Sydney CBD students in particular are asked to observe their class allocations.
Students travelling interstate for work may attend alternate classes as required and should sign ‘Visitor Attendance Lists’ to record attendance.
Students are also reminded that all assessment items must be submitted to their allocated class instructor.

Change Skills Students

Please note that the deadline for your respondents to submit their questionnaires for your survey is the end of this week. If you are unsure about selecting your respondents or have difficulty meeting the minimum number, contact Leaderskill Group directly for further options.
Contact Details: survey@leaderskill.com.au or (02) 9449 7737, Mon to Fri 9am – 5pm AEST.

Welcome

Thank you to all new students who attended Saturdays New Student Session, we hope it was informative and enjoyable. We wish all students success for Session 1, 2011!

This week’s video newsletter

Kanami Torii, Global Partnerships Coordinator, AGSM MBA Programs

Classes

Classes begin this week, from tomorrow Tuesday 8 February. You can view your Class Schedule on myUNSW to confirm your class name/number and the day and time of your class.

GCCM & GDM Session Calendars are available on the AGSM MBA Programs website.

Important: as some dates may change occasionally due to unforeseen circumstances, we ask that you always refer to the most up-to-date Session Calendar via the AGSM MBA Programs website.

Staff members from the Student Experience office will be attending the CBD Cliftons venue this Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday to assist students in finding their class, and to distribute the latest edition of the Law text book to Law for Practicing Managers students.

New text book for Law for Practicing Managers

Law for Practicing Mangers students can collect the latest edition of the LPM text book from their instructor at their class this week. Please dispose of the old edition thoughtfully.

Blackboard 9 & Online Course Materials

Most instructors have started to contact students through Blackboard9. Please access Blackboard 9 regularly to keep up to date with important course information and postings.

Your username is your UNSW zNumber (can be found on your Student card)

Your password is your zPass

If you have not yet created, or forgotten, your zPass, please visit the UNSW Identity Manager website, and log in with your Unipass, or contact IT on (02) 9385 1333.

International Exchange

Did you know that GDM students are able to go on Exchange with one of our 27 International Exchange Partners? Any GDM student who has completed all of the core courses and no elective courses, and has a WAM of 65% or above, is eligible to apply.

The International Exchange Program provides students with an opportunity to undertake one session of study with an AGSM MBA Programs partner institution. For further information about exchange please go to the AGSM MBA Programs website.

An International Exchange Program information session will be held at the Kensington campus Thursday March 10th 12:30pm to 2:00pm

Withdrawal deadline

The last day to withdraw from Session 1, 2011 is 27 February 2011. No more new enrolments will be accepted for this session. Please send us a request via email if you need to withdraw.

Tuition Fee payment and FEE-HELP

Tuition fees are due by 13 February 2011 and your statement is available from your student profile on myUNSW (click here for instructions).Students wishing to apply for FEE-HELP should contact the Student Financials team on csandfees@unsw.edu.au. You will need to submit your application prior to the census date for Session MG1: 27th of February 2011.

Tax Invoices

If you require a tax invoice, please contact UNSW Treasury to request one. Treasury needs the request from students in writing which you can do by sending an email to treasury@unsw.edu.au(N.B: enter “NS Student AGSM Tax Invoice / Receipt” as the subject and ensure you list your name, student ID and the UNSW Semester – i.e. Summer, Semester 1 or Semester 2).

Key Dates

A list of key dates for 2011 is available in the Student Resources section of the AGSM MBA Programs website.

It is important to refer to the Table of Key Dates for all enrolment, withdrawal and discontinuation deadlines, as well as the session census date. This table illustrates the academic and financial penalties incurred for withdrawals throughout the session.

Your username is your UNSW zNumber (can be found on your Student card)

Your password is your zPass

If you have not yet created, or forgotten, your zPass, please visit UNSW Identity Management and log in with your Unipass, or contact IT on (02) 9385 1333.

GCCM Introductory Activities

Students of the Graduate Certificate of Change Management (GCCM) should note that introductory activities commence this week. Please log in to Blackboard 9 to review the teleconference instructions.

Tuition Fee payment and FEE-HELP

Tuition fees are due by 13 February 2011 and your statement is available from your student profile on myUNSW (click here for instructions). Students wishing to apply for FEE-HELP should contact the Student Financials team on csandfees@unsw.edu.au. You will need to submit your application prior to the census date for Session MG1: 27th of February 2011.

Tax Invoices

If you require a tax invoice, please contact UNSW Treasury to request an invoice. Treasury needs the request from students in writing which you can do by sending an email to treasury@unsw.edu.au.

Student Cards

In an effort to adopt a more green approach, we are currently limiting the production of UNSW Student Cards to those of you who anticipate you will have occasion to use it.

The UNSW student card provides physical access to borrowing from the UNSW library on the Kensington campus (useful for those of you who travel to Sydney and perhaps wish to use this resource while you are here), and also provides access to the AGSM building for those who have classes at Kensington. Unfortunately the card does not have a photo on it and is limited in its use as a form of identification. The card does not make you eligible for tertiary student concession travel.

If you attend classes in Sydney CBD, North Ryde, North Sydney, Parramatta, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth or online (GCCM/Web based class), please reply to this email with your UNSW ID and full name if you would like a card produced for you*. Please email your request to studentexperience@agsm.edu.au by Wednesday 2 February.

*NB: All Kensington campus students (including ‘Intensive’ students) will automatically receive a UNSW student card by Monday 7th February, if they have not already received one.

Key Dates

A list of key dates for 2011 is available in the Student Resources section of the AGSM MBA Programs Website
It is important to refer to the Table of Key Dates for all enrolment, withdrawal and discontinuation deadlines, as well as the session census date. This table illustrates the academic and financial penalties incurred for withdrawals throughout the session.